(Mark. 2, 1-12) The second Sunday of Great Lent, we could easily say, is a second Sunday of Orthodoxy, a Sunday of Orhodox practice. And it is not by […]
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Cheesefare Sunday
Return to God Great Lent is a forty-day period for us to return to God. Due to our sins, we find ourselves outside of paradise. Realizing this fact we seek […]
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
And with our sins, even though we are Christians! Theword ‘prodigal’ (ἄσωτος)comesfromtheverb ‘tosave’ (σώζω) and its negation, as is indicated by the alpha (α). After the fall, man finds […]
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, which falls on 2 February, celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, it is one of […]
Sunday of the Canaanite Woman
(Matt.15, 21-28) Humility holds the door of God’s mercy open In today’s gospel reading, we find a woman in great need: her daughter is horribly demon-possessed. In […]
Riches are the obstacle – Zaccheus Sunday (Luke 15)
It was as though Zaccheus and Christhad a secret communion. As though a secret code was working between them. Immediately Zaccheus, without forgetting the great condescension that the Lords howed him (ashe […]
Healing of the Ten Lepers – The 12th Sunday of Luke
(Luke 7, 5-15 ) Human beings chose the life of sin, of pain, of suffering, but … Which person does not feel as though his life […]
13th Sunday of Luke – Of the Rich Young Man
That which from a human perspective cannot happen, God will make it happen The rich young man approaches the Lord and asks what he can […]
The 9thSunday of Luke – Parable of the Rich Fool
Where your treasure is, there is your heart The gospel reading stresses: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth … but lay up for yourselves […]
8th Sunday of Luke – The Parable of the Good Samaritan
(Luke 10, 25-37) I love my neighbour like I love myself It is God’s commandment for us to love him with our whole selves. Therefore, […]